| 单词 | petitionary |
| 释义 | petitionary, a.|pɪˈtɪʃənərɪ|
[ad. med.L. petītiōnāri-us, f. petītiōn-em petition: see -ary1: cf. F. pétitionnaire (1792 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Of the nature of, consisting of, containing or characteristic of a petition.
1579J. Stubbes in Harington's Nugæ Ant. (ed. Park 1804) I. 162 These fewe petitionarye lynes. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xlviii. §2 Petitionarie prayer belongeth only to such as..stand in need of reliefe from others. 1611B. Jonson Catiline iv. i, It is our base petitionary breath That blows 'hem to this greatnesse. 1738Neal Hist. Purit. IV. 139 Dr. Gauden presented a Petitionary Remonstrance. 1855Tennyson Brook 113 Claspt hands and that petitionary grace Of sweet seventeen subdued me ere she spoke.
2. Of persons: Suppliant, entreating, petitioning. Obs. or arch.
1604Marston Malcontent i. v. sig. b4 Petitionarie vassailes licking the pauement with their slauish knees. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 82, I..coniure thee to pardon Rome, and thy petitionary Countrimen. 1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. Two Races of Men, To say no to a poor petitionary rogue.
†3. Containing an unproved assumption or petitio principii. Obs. rare—1.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xiii. 227 From plaine and naturall principles, the doubt may be fairely salved, and not clapt up from petitionary foundations and principles unestablished. |
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